'Foolishness' in the Bible
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;